The purpose of the 2nd International
Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE)
is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners
interested in the understanding and applications of E-Business
and Telecommunication Networks. Four simultaneous tracks will
be held, covering Global Communication Services, Software and
Systems, Security and Reliability, Wireless Communication, and
Multimedia Signal Processing.

Information systems and information technology are pervasive in
the whole Communications field, which is quite vast, encompassing
a large number of research topics and applications: from hardware
and electronics to the more abstract theoretical aspects of communication;
from low level protocols to high-level networking and applications;
from security concerns to wireless information systems; many other
topics could be listed. ICETE is mainly interested in contributions
related to information and communication systems issues and applications
involving high-level technologies and protocols; not the lower
OSI levels. Ideas on how to analyze and approach problems by combining
information systems and telecommunication technologies, either
in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications,
are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced
prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers
indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing
original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted
papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will
be published in the Proceedings of ICETE, with an ISBN. Furthermore,
a short list of about thirty papers will be selected to appear
in a book that will be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality.
Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome.
There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations,
as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics
are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies
or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to
contact the conference secretariat. We are also open to specialized
workshop proposals. Additional information can be found at www.icete.org

Topic Areas / Conference TracksEach of these topic
areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers
may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should
not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable,
provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

Global Communication Information Systems and Services

Security and Reliability in Information Systems and Networks

Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

Multimedia Signal Processing

Area
1: Global Communication Information Systems and Services

e-Commerce and e-business:
B2B and B2C

Electronic payment systems and exchange protocols

e-Marketing and Consumer
Behavior

CRM and Business Solutions

Web Technologies and
Web Services

Agent-based Information
Systems

Virtual Enterprises

VPN Technology and
Services

Unified Communications
and Enhanced Services

Telecommunication Software
Systems, Tools and Languages

Internet Services and Applications

Web-based Enterprise
Management, DEN, CIM, XML

Hosting Strategies
for Web-Enabling the Enterprise

Area
2: Security and Reliability in Informations Systems and Networks

Biometric Security

Network Security and
Protocols (IPSec)

Cryptographic Techniques
and Key Management

Intrusion Detection
and Vulnerability Assessment

Viruses and Worms

Network Management

Identification and
Authentication

Operating Systems Security

Service and Systems
Designs and QoS Network Security

Fairness Scheduling
and QoS Guarantee

Identity Management

e-Commerce Security
and Reliability Issues

Data and Systems Security
and Privacy

Area
3: Wireless Communication Systems and Networks

Mobile Services (WASP,
ASP, MSP and more)

Wireless Internet and
Mobile System Security

Wireless LAN and Home
area networks

Wireless and Mobile
Computing

4G Systems

GPRS and UMTS

Broadband Wireless

Performance Analysis
of Wireless Networks

Network Protocols and
Packet Services

Cellular and Wireless
Networks Management

Application Development
Environment & Tools

Mobile Multimedia Applications

Wireless Local Loop:
LMDS, MMDS

Area
4: Multimedia Signal Processing

Image
and Video Compression

Digital Audio &
Video Broadcasting

Image and Video
Databases

Multimedia Indexing
and Retrieval

Content Protection
and Security

Speech Coding and
Recognition

Signal Processing
for Data Storage

Universal Multimedia
Adaptation

Multimedia and VoIP
- Services & Technologies

Traffic Modelling for
Multimedia

Authentication
and Watermarking

Audio and Video Streaming (IPv4 / IPv6)

Multimedia Applications

WorkshopsICETE 2005 expects to host several workshops. If you would like to propose the organization of a workshop to be held in conjunction with ICETE 2005, please contact the secretariat as soon as possible.

Keynote
SpeakersICETE 2005 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

TutorialsICETE 2005 will include several tutorials, to be lectured the day before the conference opening. If you would like to propose a tutorial for ICETE 2005, please contact the secretariat as soon as possible. Proposals should specify the topic and scope of the tutorial, the background knowledge expected of the participants, and a short CV of the instructor(s).

Submission
of PapersAuthors should submit
a complete paper in English of up to 8 A4 pages, using the submission
procedure indicated below. The program committee will review all papers
and the contact author of each paper will be notified of the result,
by email. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific
contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it
is applicable. Authors must also indicate the conference track to which
the paper is submitted. The paper must be carefully checked for correct
grammar and spelling.

Paper submission
procedure

1.
A "blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate
that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the full
paper, WITHOUT any reference to the authors. The manuscript must contain,
in its first page, the paper title, an abstract and a list of keywords
but NO NAMES OR CONTACT DETAILS WHATSOEVER are to be included in any
part of this file.

2.
The contact author will then use the ICETE web-based submission facility
available at the conference web site, http://www.icete.org/
to enter the contact information of all paper authors plus the file
indicated in point 1, above. The facility will automatically send a
submission acknowledgement, by email, to the author indicated as "contact
author".

The
camera-ready format will be enforced only for accepted papers, but authors
are encouraged to use it also for paper submissions, in order to reduce
extra work later. Two templates are provided
at the conference web site: one for Latex
and another for MS Word.
Due to space limitations in the Proceedings, the camera-ready version
will be limited to 8 (eight) pages for full papers, 6 (six) for short
papers (progress reports) and 4 (four) for poster presentations. If
absolutely needed, it will be allowed to increase the total number of
pages, by 4 extra pages. However, for each excess page the author will
have to pay an additional fee.

PublicationsAll accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference,
in paper and in CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the
best conference papers will be edited and published by a world class
publisher, not yet confirmed. The publication of extended versions of
outstanding conference papers is also a possibility being discussed
with several scientific journals.